Tag Archives: Jacob M. Appel

“In the Blogosphere” is a weekly series, which lists links to writing-related blogs I’ve stumbled upon throughout a given week. Most posts will be from that week, but if I find some “oldies but goodies,” I’ll throw those up here as well.

I never find as much time to read blogs as I want, but here are a few posts that struck me this week.

RESOURCES

Over at his blog, The Book Deal, editor extraordinaire Alan Rinzler shares some tips on hooking agents and editors. He also gives examples of good hooks. This blog is chock-full of all kinds of writing tips and just brimming with awesomeness, so check it out.

The Oatmeal has become one of my favorite sites, with its hilarious lists on various subjects. I mostly love it for its grammar and spelling tips—although, I’m a little biased, as its style is reminiscent of the approach I used when I taught grammar. This post on spelling had me laughing out loud (ROTFL). This is my favorite:

I wrote two posts this week, mentioning poetry and screenwriting. If these areas are foreign to you, the folks over at Writer’s Relief can shed some light on them. Learn some poetry lingo here, and get some screenwriting resources here.

As I discussed earlier this week, when I came to the end of last week’s fight to finish my manuscript, I realized my original title no longer worked. Desperate to be done with the thing and eager to apply the icing on my literary cupcake (what??), I, naturally, turned to the Internet for assistance with titles. I found some help at Writing-World.com, Writer’s Digest, and eHow.